diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index 889270938b..f001f6f410 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ else
 	echo __('Comments');
 
 if ( isset($_REQUEST['s']) && $_REQUEST['s'] )
-	printf( '<span class="subtitle">' . sprintf( __( 'Search results for &#8220;%s&#8221;' ), wp_html_excerpt( esc_html( wp_unslash( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ), 50, '&hellip;' ) ) . '</span>' ); ?>
+	echo '<span class="subtitle">' . sprintf( __( 'Search results for &#8220;%s&#8221;' ), wp_html_excerpt( esc_html( wp_unslash( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ), 50, '&hellip;' ) ) . '</span>'; ?>
 </h2>
 
 <?php